[PATCH v4 0/4] kexec-tools: efi runtime support on kexec kernel
Toshi Kani
toshi.kani at hp.com
Fri Dec 20 12:58:13 EST 2013
On Fri, 2013-12-20 at 18:05 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> This patchset is for adding efi runtime support on kexec kernel
> kernel patches see below thread:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.efi/2491
>
> in kexec-tools, this patchset will do below:
> 1. retrieve efi_info from debugfs boot_params, and fill the
> x86 setup header
>
> 2. collect data efi runtime needed:
> /sys/firmware/efi/systab: fw_vendor, runtime, config_tables and smbios
> /sys/firmware/efi/efi-runtime-map/*, the phys-virt mappings in 1st kernel
>
> 3. assemble setup_data based on data get in 2) then pass it to 2nd kernel
>
> changelog v3->v4:
> update efi_info memmap to the saved runtime map instead of use 1st kernel
> untouched memmap.
>
> Tested on OVMF, dell laptop, lenovo laptop and HP workstation
>
> Dave Young (4):
> build fix: include x86-linux.h in x86-linux-setup.h
> Add function get_bootparam
> Add efi_info in x86 setup header
> Passing efi related data via setup_data
>
> include/x86/x86-linux.h | 3 +-
> kexec/arch/i386/crashdump-x86.c | 4 +-
> kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.c | 246 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> kexec/arch/i386/x86-linux-setup.h | 2 +
> kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-bzImage64.c | 6 +
> 5 files changed, 248 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
Tested on an HP 60-way UEFI platform. For the series:
Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hp.com>
Thanks,
-Toshi
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